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Prospect Heights

Mar
25
EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn’s First Racially Integrated School to Become Affordable Apartments

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn’s First Racially Integrated School to Become Affordable Apartments

CROWN HEIGHTS — Developers are converting a shuttered Weeksville School, Brooklyn’s first racially integrated school, to a fully-affordable apartment building,
1 min read
Mar
23
Man Shot And Killed Outside Brooklyn Baby Shower

Man Shot And Killed Outside Brooklyn Baby Shower

CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A man was shot and killed outside of a baby shower Friday night at the border
2 min read
Mar
07
DJ And Live Music a No-Go For Soda Bar

DJ And Live Music a No-Go For Soda Bar

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Community Board 8’s permits and licenses committee on Monday voted against recommending to support a “change of
1 min read
Mar
06
More Statues of Distinguished Women To Be Placed Across City

More Statues of Distinguished Women To Be Placed Across City

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — First lady Chirlane McCray and former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen will unveil Wednesday the next four She Built
2 min read
Feb
27
Brooklyn Museum Exhibit Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Riots

Brooklyn Museum Exhibit Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Stonewall Riots

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – This spring the Brooklyn Museum [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org] will debut a group exhibition featuring work by contemporary
2 min read
Feb
20
Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg First To Make A Campaign Stop In Brooklyn

Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg First To Make A Campaign Stop In Brooklyn

Pete Buttigieg at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center with New York Times journalist promoting his book and 2020
5 min read
Feb
11
Luxury Residences Being Used As Dorms, Party Venue For The 1%

Luxury Residences Being Used As Dorms, Party Venue For The 1%

DOWNTOWN/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Residents of luxury rental tower, The Azure [https://azure436.com/#residences] at 436 Albee Square, are angry
2 min read
Jan
11
Screamer’s Pizzeria Opens Second Vegan Location – In Crown Heights

Screamer’s Pizzeria Opens Second Vegan Location – In Crown Heights

Screamer’s Pizzeria in Crown Heights at 685 Franklin Ave. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The second installment of
2 min read
Jan
10
The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle Has Been Named

The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle Has Been Named

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – After launching a contest last fall [/name-the-brooklyn-public-library-eagle/] to name the cast-copper eagle sitting above the entrance of the
2 min read
Jan
09
Soda Bar Wants To DJ Legally

Soda Bar Wants To DJ Legally

Soda Bar at 629 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. (Screenshot: Google Maps) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Vanderbilt Avenue hot spot Soda
2 min read